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boxed meal · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 便當; on the Mainland it is 盒饭 - both point at “boxed meal”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 便當、盒飯 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
盒饭 is HSK 5 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 便當 | 盒饭 |
| Reading | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ biàn dāng | hé fàn ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄢˋ |
| Senses | convenient; handy; easy | meal in a partitioned box |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 5 |
| MOE records | 便當 · 盒飯 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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